Ubuntu 8.04

i tried to set up an ubuntu version 8.04 in my PC.

I download the installer at www.ubuntu.com, the installer is in iso format that we can just burn it with burning software like Nero or ISOburner or other burning program right into CD. Do not use windows XP burner since it doesn't recognized iso program as an CD images files.

After burning the ISO, i insert he CD into the CDROM and an autorun menu will appeared. The menu offer 3 choices, first to install the Ubuntu, second to install Ubuntu inside windows, and the third to learn more about Ubuntu. I want to try this Ubuntu so i choose option second, to install Ubuntu inside Windows. Then a dialog windows appeared to determine the location, the size and he type of installation, and also the username and the password for the Ubuntu. Next and the rest will be take place by the program.

Well, the Ubuntu simply installed into my PC!!! to remove the Ubuntu, we can simply remove the "Ubuntu" program from the windows control panel.

There are a lot of device unrecognized by Ubuntu on my computer. Such as the Ethernet card, the sound card, and also the NVIDIA graphic card. The synaptic package manager inside Ubuntu offer an upgrading driver for the NVIDIA card, and after upgrading the driver and activating the extra graphic environment of Ubuntu, it become very good looking.

These are the thing i felt so far about Ubuntu 8.04:
1. FREE!!! FREE!!! FREE!!!
2. Enchanting Graphic environment
3. Good support
4. Open almost all type of document in windows
5. Disable the security in PDF format

Then i download again the latest version of Ubuntu, 8.10 Intreped Ibex. and burned it again into a CD, then i boot my PC from this CD.

A lot of improvement from the 8.04 to 8.10. The most important thing is my Ethernet card is working here, so that i could access the internet.

I try the Pidgin Messenger for adopting the Yahoo Messenger. It works as well as the real Yahoo Messenger. hen i tried to download the Alternate installer of Ubuntu in torrent format, it could download the torrent at the speed of average 55 KBps with Telkom Speedy (in Windows XP SP 2 Pro i could only get maximum 10 KBps with the same provider).

So far, Ubuntu is very convenient to use but somehow when i install this OS into my harddisk, not as an application in windows, there always a crash when first booting the OS, i should reset the computer until at least two times to get it works. And also the Harddisk performance is reduced a lot, when transferring data, the transfer speed is only as fast as USB flash disk, where the speed should be 5 or more times faster. I don't really get what this problem happens for, but I'll keep trying the OS right away